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  • It said “an initial assessment” determined that the troops killed a Hamas operative named Mohammed Amin Shobaki and eight other militants. Israel has struck ambulances and other emergency vehicles in the past, accusing Hamas militants of using them for transportation.

    However, none of the dead staffers from the Red Crescent and Civil Defense had that name, and no other bodies were reported found at the site, raising questions over the military’s suggestion that alleged militants were among the rescue workers.

    If they are so sure they killed “Hamas,” why the mass grave in the middle of no where? Why lie? Why hide the bodies? I still cannot believe that were watching a full on genocide and the rest of the world is like, “Well, as long as they don’t bother us.”











  • You’re right, I didn’t read all of your comment. I skimmed it at best (which is why I didn’t reply directly). The choice was not “civil rights at home” and “genocide abroad.” it was “both suck with Gaza, but one is a blood thirsty dumbass, and the other is your run of the mill bullshit politician.” i don’t know who is spreading this narrative that everyone who voted was voting for genocide or voting with the idea of trade off. I have not met anyone (personally) who was like," man, I hate Harris’ stance on Gaza, but as long as she gives me rights, I don’t care." It was Nazi VS Shitty Politician. I don’t know why the concept of not wanting to have a Nazi in charge is akin to saying “yes, please bomb Gaza. I’m totally okay with it.” I wasn’t okay with it when Biden did it, I wasn’t okay when Harris said she supported Biden’s actions, and I’m not okay with it now that Trump is making Ai videos of condos built on graves. I did oppose genocide and I still do.

    Also, what option did I eliminate? You’re acting like election day was the only time people tried anything. In November, yes, it was too late. We didn’t rally behind a third candidate, we didn’t even get to vote for Harris as our candidate. There were protests, but, by November, it wasn’t enough. We failed. And as much as I would have wanted to say “fuck this” I knew that it wasn’t going to make literally anything any better by not voting, but would make a shit ton worse because one candidate can do and appears to be doing more damage to the other.

    TL;DR: I have and still do oppose genocide and I do not believe that on election night there was a realistic chance that we could get a candidate in office that aligned with everything I would have wanted, but there was a candidate that would have made the struggle a tiny bit easier. I do not believe that Americans that voted for Harris (or honestly didn’t vote all all, regardless of my opinion) were doing it with the idea that Gaza was a worthy scarfice.


  • They’re not going to want to hear it. For them, wanting your country to not fall apart equals being okay with genocide. It doesn’t matter that everything is much, much worse. There is even a comment saying this is our punishment for funding genocide. Families that are being broken apart, rights stripped away, growing tensions with literally everyone, and a fucking DOGE department, that’s our punishment for trying to not make things not as terrible as they could be.

    I’m so fucking sick of them going “Oh, so you don’t care. You’re okay with bombing people.” No, no we are not. We are not over here giggling happily at the horror going on. I didn’t see anyone in the town halls or protest going, “now, we’re okay with genocide, but only if we have rights.” Just because we are also worried about our country does not automatically mean that we don’t care anyone else.

    The people in my country are also important. I want them to have Healthcare and food and basic rights. Trying to make the best choice out of two shitty choices is not us going “well, genocide is a okay.” Over, and over, and over we were told there’s no difference between who was elected. BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. This is the fucking difference. I don’t want to focus on fucking Musk and Trump. I don’t even see people speak about the genocide as much anymore because we’re drowning in Trump/Musk news. The protests in my area have shifted because we can’t protest if we don’t even have the right to do so. We can’t vote against anything if we CAN’T FUCKING VOTE.

    I wish it was as simple as just not voting, or at the very least not having a two party system, but we did not have that option last election. It was either Harris or Trump. Did I fucking want Harris? NO! Did I believe she would be, even if by a small amount, easier to deal with than Trump, yes. Yes I fucking did. But I fuck me I guess for caring about Gaza and my countrymen.




  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldWhy dating is hard
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    You have to also look at the fact that men outnumber women on the app overall. It’s about 65% men, so women are going to have a bigger pool to reject from. And while it is true that women rate men less attractive, they also put less value on their apperence overall as a factor in dating. It also came out that this was based off of first glance only with no review of the profiles attached to them and, when looking at overall trends, it’s more even, (outside of men tending to like young women regardless of their age).

    I think the okcupid data also went on about how certain races get more or less attention as well. At the end of the day, both sides can be picky. I think people like to push that data to help with the “80/20” idea to help push this idea that men are now being unfairly judged in comparison to women to help with the gender war narrative.

    Edit: Just wanted to add that I don’t think that means dating isn’t hard for men, but I just don’t believe dating websites to be a reflection of real life.